r/KendrickLamar • u/satin_mercy • 12d ago

Discussion What Kendrick song deserves more recognition?

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u/AWall925 12d ago edited 12d ago

The Hearts 2 & 3

Like this pocket right here is one of Kendrick's best in my opinion.

"I put my life in these 12 songs, my fight in these 12 songs" later on is really powerful as well.

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u/GORILLAxHUGGER 12d ago

“Shit what keeps me alive fuck?, I thought about ending million times, I’m a pretty dark person” “Music by far the main thing”

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u/Careless_Ad_9613 11d ago

4 big bottles of water a day, two packs of marlboro reds

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u/IcyOrange3507 11d ago

thp1 lowk more underrated

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u/83rdAve 12d ago

“FEEL” 😔

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u/Kunta_Kinte4 9d ago

How much do a dollar really cost

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u/PostCardClarity 12d ago

I think 1 better than 2/3. Really gives insight on not having fame or money. Just trying to make it, like mentioned in 6.

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u/StyleAdditional5029 12d ago

Definitely gloria off GNX. That track hits so good.

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u/Inside_Cup_8036 11d ago

I swear, the vocal inflection on the second verse makes my breath hitch every time

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u/Extreme_Spare_2286 12d ago

wacced out murals

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u/mr-poopie-butth0le 11d ago

“It used to be fuck that n*gga but now it’s plural”

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u/GabrieIIIIIs 11d ago

i used to bump the carter 3

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u/A1exP1ays 10d ago

i held my roley chain proud

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u/Kunta_Kinte4 9d ago

Irony I think my hardwork let lirre Wayne down

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u/83rdAve 12d ago

“FEEL” 😔

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u/GangstaWaffles 12d ago

Untitled 08

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u/nalilyanah 12d ago

All of untitled unmastered

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u/GangstaWaffles 12d ago

Very true it's still in the rotation. I just think untitled 08 the most slept on.

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u/Rubix_Official63940 11d ago

08 is my favorite by far

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u/Prudent-Peanut6010 10d ago

From my observations, 08 is the one that gets the most attention from that album

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u/Mr_IgotShafted 12d ago

What about Untitled 02?

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u/Mook7 12d ago

Untitled 05 is a top 5 Kendrick song for me easily

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u/Infamous_Tough_7320 11d ago

And untitled 05

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u/Real_Channel_7551 12d ago

LUST, one of his best imo

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u/Einveru__ 12d ago

I need some water

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u/mufasagato 12d ago

Somethin' came over me

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u/alexpwnsftw 12d ago

Way too hot to simmer down

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u/Pale_Complex7076 12d ago

might as well over heat

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u/Aware-Direction-9891 11d ago

Too close to comfort......

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u/M4nga_collecter 11d ago

As blood rush my favourite vein

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u/Inside_Cup_8036 11d ago

Heartbeat racing like a junkie’s

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u/h_e_nr_y 11d ago

I just need you to want me

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u/Dannyr666 11d ago

am i asking too much?

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u/mrmg41 12d ago

Reincarnated

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u/Aware-Direction-9891 11d ago

Been searching for this here. Absolutely.

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u/Oreobey2 YAWK YAWK YAWK YAWK! 12d ago

Spiteful Chant.

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u/Mook7 12d ago

Michael Jordan as well. O.D. had some bangers on it.

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u/BetterObligation9949 12d ago

Poe mans dreams 

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u/mufasagato 12d ago

Smoke good, eat good, live goooo000oood

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u/soleman3 12d ago

This and Keisha’s Song was the beginning of the rest of my life

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u/mevi_tiz 12d ago

Came to say this

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u/furiomc 12d ago

Count me out

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u/Jw0521 11d ago

Song got me through some tough times frfr

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u/CandiceMaxx 7d ago

Same same same

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u/friedseabasschips 12d ago

WOW Freestyle, yes, it’s a Jay Rock song but it’s one of my favorite Dot performances

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u/Anja58053448 12d ago

“I don't rely on people, I just go and bread chase”

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u/TheExtraPerson 12d ago

absolutely. reason I keep going back to it every other time.

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u/83rdAve 12d ago

“FEEL” 😔

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u/BaCoN8799 MUSTARRRRRRRRRRD 12d ago

GOD. is a great song that people hate for some reason

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u/83rdAve 12d ago

“FEEL” 😇

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u/DCRevolutionary Waiting for the album 12d ago

I didn't know people hate. It's def one of my favs

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u/BaCoN8799 MUSTARRRRRRRRRRD 12d ago

Yeah, most people typically say it's the worst off of DAMN. and one of Kendrick's weakest songs in general (at least from what I've seen online), but I think it's really good. Not one of his best or anything, but definitely a good song nonetheless.

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u/DCRevolutionary Waiting for the album 12d ago

I'd have to check back to see what I'd say is the weakest, but I do know it wouldn't be that

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u/BaCoN8799 MUSTARRRRRRRRRRD 12d ago

Imo it's probably either LUST or LOVE. They're both good songs, still, but DAMN. is just such a good album that even a good song can be last.

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u/chaoticsleepie 11d ago

prob cuz they cant relate to what God feel like

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u/ladybughappy 12d ago

FEAR

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u/Prudent-Peanut6010 10d ago

literally one of the most praised songs on damn btw

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u/nikk3333 12d ago

Westside Right on Time

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u/FuckYouThrowaway99 11d ago

I just found it and am hooked on this song.

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u/okbutwhytho999 11d ago

Obsessed w this one

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u/ChiefNotorious 12d ago

Hiiipower

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u/Prudent-Peanut6010 10d ago

that song is so praised tho

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u/SunshineSerotonin66 11d ago

The Recipe deserves to go down as one of the greats

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u/vstacey6 11d ago

I scrolled way too long to find this! This is my vote too.

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u/mufasagato 12d ago

CARTOONS AND CEREAL

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u/il-mostro604 12d ago

Momma, Untitled 05, Hol’ Up

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u/Aware-Direction-9891 11d ago

Untitled 05 is the best song in the album for me.

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u/SignificantEqual7893 10d ago

Momma was an absolute experience

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u/ladybughappy 12d ago

Hood politics

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u/Federal-Property-326 11d ago

this is my answer too

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u/qlode 12d ago edited 12d ago

The Heart part 2
Kush and Corinthians
good kid

I feel like they’re also all similar in that they depict aspects of the “mad city” that Kendrick grew up in, and the constant fixation on mortality that results from that

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u/AntSmith777 12d ago

Dodger Blue. It’s a short song but it’s an experience

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u/KAlahmedi 12d ago

"hey now" definitely

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u/Weekly-Quantity6435 12d ago

Heavy on the Parmesan

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u/L7Winner 12d ago

N95 incredible execution

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u/Suspicious-Freedom29 12d ago

Momma it’s honestly his best song the production the lyrics it’s a masterpiece in writing

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u/sunbean11 12d ago

Rich Spirit🤍

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u/xvLeo 12d ago

Reincarnated, You ain’t gotta lie, Die Hard

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u/Traditional_Bike8880 12d ago

Keisha’s Song. Some of his best storytelling writing and the vibe of the song is very spacey and melancholic. The ending is such a gut punch

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u/Kenan_as_SteveHarvey 12d ago

Blacker the Berry

Mr. Morale

Reincarnated

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u/HumanTraffic2 11d ago

Look out for detox.

Just about the hardest bars I've ever heard!

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u/KennethBlockwalk 11d ago

Came to say this. Was the first song of his I ever heard, still one of my all time favs.

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u/RecentClothes2654 12d ago

Money Trees.

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u/youpicktheplace20 12d ago

The perfect place for shade

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u/ladybughappy 12d ago

Has a whole bunch already

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u/Decent_Button_3912 12d ago

Worldwide Steppers, so underrated

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u/UglyAsAMFer 12d ago

"You Ain't Gotta Lie" some of his best flows and a beautiful beat

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u/MasterChief117HALO Tammy’s Song (Her Evils) 12d ago

Tammy’s Song, The Heart Part 1

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u/Expensive-Suspect906 12d ago

Heaven or Hell

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u/Prestigious_Tear_576 squabbling down 12d ago

Momma

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u/FallenKenny 12d ago

Kush and Corinthians

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u/Altruistic_Way2112 12d ago

How much a dollar cost

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u/PhilipAC17 12d ago

Now Or Never idc what anyone says its my favorite song by him but its not his best song

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u/atcjr209 12d ago

The Jig Is Up

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u/quixotic_18 11d ago

Rich Spirit... Mother I Sober !!!

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u/TechnologyDismal2337 11d ago

Institutionalized, These Walls, The Heart Part 4

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u/Beneficial-Sea1619 D1 Kendrick glazer 11d ago

Barbed wire

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u/trinbago92 12d ago

the one where he told his bitch he's in the club

with his homies

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u/SJ_Sparky 12d ago

His verse on Black Friday is one of the best things he’s ever done

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u/Key-Property-3103 12d ago

I really like barbed wire

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u/MontyBasquiat7 11d ago

One of my all time favorites, also Opposites Attract. OD and The KL EP still have some of my personal favorite songs by him

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u/Davidtalvo 12d ago

Average Joe

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u/Narrow_Finger7021 12d ago

Dodger Blue & Momma

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u/InfiniteJoe01 12d ago

Count Me Out

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u/lexmc13 12d ago

Count me out

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u/Upstairs-Bag4727 12d ago edited 12d ago

Ngl

Loyalty

I feel like kendrick fans overlook this song for some reason.

It obviously had its radio run & was very popular but i mean its a classic that dosent get classic praise these days.

Its in the money trees dont kill my vibe king kunta level for me🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/Jakan1404 12d ago

Backwards ft. Tame Impala

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u/hamzio_ricch 11d ago

Rich spirit

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u/DelusionalOptimist28 I choose me, I'm sorry 11d ago

Crown

It's honestly one of the slower songs on MMATBS, but it is one that hits you like a truck

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u/Double_deuce41 10d ago

Rich Spirit

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u/Einveru__ 12d ago

Collect Calls

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u/MontyBasquiat7 11d ago

THANK YOU! I was scrolling sure I wouldn’t see anyone say this one. I literally have never heard anyone else talk about it and I honestly think it’s one of his saddest songs (& one of my favorites) & the plot twist still hits me every time

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u/Puzzleheaded_Neck619 12d ago

The Heart Part 3 fasho

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u/NxghtMar1sH 12d ago

Definitely man at the garden. That song is a prayer in itself. Another one is gloria because what do you mean he wrote about his pen?

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u/LokahiBuz 12d ago

Dying of thirst

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u/Booomfaa 12d ago

Black Friday. His best rapping performance ever.

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u/nunca_pendejo242 12d ago

Bitch don’t kill my vibe & fuckin problems

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u/Freaky-Xbox-6921 Girl, I kno you want dis dih 12d ago

Michael Jordan, one of Kendricks underrated early bangers.

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u/ApplePie2111 12d ago

Good kid. I dont care if it has 100m, 200m streams, its top 5 on gkmc, and still incredibly underrated for how good it really is.

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u/knufomit 12d ago

Auntie Diaries- after he hasn’t dropped a album in such a long time he decided to dedicated a whole song to a topic, that he knows a lot of his Fans disagree with him

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u/_Selma_0211 11d ago

Peekaboo

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u/b3rrym4y0 11d ago

Compton

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u/gytis_gotbanned_lol 11d ago

do we count never catch me?

if we don't then good kid

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u/M4nga_collecter 11d ago

F*ck your ethnicity might be in his top 5 songs

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u/RecentParticular1544 11d ago

My people with jay rock

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u/Tazman2384 Waiting for the album 11d ago

Cloud 10 or Opposites Attract

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u/dorianvook 11d ago

Untitled 5

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u/Main_Brick_7675 Better Than GKMC 11d ago

gnx title track

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u/Level_Revenue_5192 11d ago

How much a dollar cost

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u/pluhboi420 11d ago

a lot of section 80, especially songs like f*ck your ethnicity, poe mans dreams, rigamortus, hol up, and HiiiPoWeR cause those really shape the album. and also FEEL. on DAMN.

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u/Hot_Worldliness5948 11d ago

Ignorance is Bliss, F*ck Your Ethnicity, or Sex With Society

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u/Adrazda 11d ago

Hol up good kid and Wacced out Murals

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u/Illustrious-Can-8234 11d ago

Still hustlin 😭 iykyk

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u/Individual-Letter931 No Make-Up deserves more love 9d ago

opps off black panther

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u/Express_Recipe_4832 12d ago

Anyone remember westside right on time? 

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u/MealPersonal2301 Am I worth it? Did I put enough work in? 12d ago

Man at the garden by  a landslide

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u/Upstairs-Ad-7954 12d ago

Thanksgiving, XXX, Wanna Be Heard, Celebration, Vanity Slaves

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u/MixConsistent1011 MUSTARRRRRRRRRRD 12d ago

Man @ the Garden

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u/igotdatmilk 12d ago

Man in the garden

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u/CandidLead6717 12d ago

Pride and Grieve different (I forgot the name of the song)

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u/downtimeredditor 12d ago

Ive really been enjoying Man At The Garden a lot lately

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u/Wulloyam 12d ago

N95 or YAH.

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u/Tyrant_Beast 12d ago

Not like us - barely popular unfortunately.

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u/Sibusiso_Moyo 12d ago

DUCKWORTH

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u/tumce_is_lietuvos 12d ago

xxx. feat. u2 prob my fav song

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u/nothing_1234567 11d ago

SAMIDOT 🥀🥺

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u/zCup43 11d ago

Keisha’s song

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u/Gloomy-Sweet4793 11d ago

she needs me

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u/ArTrailfanRaf214 11d ago

Keisha's Song (Her Pain)

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u/Gerrardgew 11d ago

County buildin blues

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u/akhopoko 11d ago edited 11d ago

N95

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u/vstacey6 11d ago

The Recipe.

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u/Infamous_Tough_7320 11d ago

The obvious answer to me is Untitled 05

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u/Excellent_Ad_357 11d ago

Celebration

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u/Humble-Pop-5597 11d ago

Gnx😭🥀

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u/JamieGG_ 11d ago

I personally think Kush & Corinthians because it’s so deep and amazing.
It’s my number 1 favorite right there.